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Shagun Scheme Our Correspondent
Bassi Pathana, August 18 Cheques worth Rs 15,000 were distributed among 13 poor families as shagun from the state government on the eve of marriages of their daughters. She called upon the rural masses and panchayats to rise above the petty politics for the development of their respective areas. She said the government was giving the grants for the development works but in majority of the cases these were misused or due to party politics remained unused. She stressed on the need to implement NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in all the villages. She also assured the residents of Bassi Pathana Assembly constituency to serve them dedicatedly. Jasbir Singh, district welfare officer, highlighted several government schemes for the downtrodden section of the society and for their school-going children. He called upon them to take benefit of these schemes.
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Rural area gets modern operating theatre
Bassi
Pathana, August 18 Addressing the gathering, the civil surgeon briefed about the various government sponsored health services schemes and urged the people to take benefit of these services. She said it was the first modern operation theatre started in the rural area, where 24-hour health services would be provided. She mentioned that services in delivery cases with minor and major operation would be rendered here and now the rural women would not have to go to private nursing homes. Senior medical officer, Primary Health
Centre, Nandpur Kalour, Dr TL Matoo gave detailed information about the health services being provided in government hospitals and dispensaries under the National Rural Health Mission. He said besides health services monetary benefits were also provided to needy patients. On this occasion, a new ambulance was also handed over to the health centre for better health services and emergency patients. A medical check-up camp for children and women was also organised in which more than 300 patients were checked and medicines were given free of cost. Dr Pardeep Singh Chahal and Dr Charanjeev Kaur also addressed. |
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Seven hurt in bus-auto collision
Dera Bassi, August 18 The injured have been identified as Chhote
Lal, Pushpa, Kavita, Neeru, Seema and Puja, all residents of Dera Bassi. The incident took place when Chhote
Lal, along with his family, was returning from Banur. While reaching near Ghaggar bridge, the bus coming from Ambala side rammed into the auto-rickshaw from behind. The auto-rickshaw turned turtle on the highway with the impact of the collision. The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital, Dera
Bassi, by the highway patrolling police. A case has been registered. |
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NGO seeks dissolution of MC body
Kharar, August 18 The chairman of the NGO Pawan Kumar Jain has written to local bodies minister Manoranjan Kalia apprising him of the ugly scenes at the MC meeting and demanded that working of the body should be brought under scanner. He also stressed that executive officer of the MC must be changed and an honest person must be appointed. |
Housing society scam Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 18 The court of Darshan Singh granted bail to TP Singh, SDO (buildings), estate office, Brij Mohan, AE, Bipin Kumar, Ram Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, JEs, Vinod Kumar, draftsman, UK Batra, architect, Kuldeep Bhat, Daljeet Arora and Sukhdev Sharma, office-bearers of the society. All of them were granted bail after they furnished bail bonds of Rs 1 lakh each. The matter will now come up for hearing on October 10 and charges in the case are likely to be framed then. On July 4, the anti-corruption branch of the CBI had filed a charge-sheet against officials of the estate office, Chandigarh, and office-bearers of the Progressive Cooperative Group Housing Society for violation of building bylaws, issuance of occupation certificates by ignoring non-compoundable violations and non-imposition of composition fee for compoundable violations. The case was registered in February, 2007. During investigation, it was found that the society constructed flats in violation of the approved building plan and the relevant rules. The CBI had found that excess areas were covered in kitchen and bedroom, the height of headway of staircase was less and there were additional/excess projections of balconies on the front and rear. Before the grant of occupation certificate, the building had to be inspected by officials of the estate office to ensure that the same conformed to the approved building plan. It was found that the officials of the estate office, in connivance with the office-bearers of the society, did not bring on record certain violations, which attracted composition/compoundable fee. Further, the construction was also made in violation of the zonal plan and was required to be demolished in case of certain flats, as the same was non-compoundable.
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Virk challenges supplementary challan
Mohali, August 18 In the supplementary challan filed in the court last month, the vigilance had claimed to have unearthed assets worth Rs 29.54 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income. Against an accounted income of Rs 16.10 crore from different sources, the DGP has spent Rs 45.65 crore, the investigating officer, AS
Asthana, DIG (vigilance), had stated. While filing an application in the court, the former
DGP, through his counsel, stated that filing the supplementary challan on the basis of the evidence already with the vigilance was not accordance with the law. The court has fixed August 28 for the next hearing in the case.
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Non-bailable warrants issued against SI
Chandigarh, August 18 As the matter came up for hearing, it transpired that SI Sarabjit Singh was neither present in the court, despite specific orders, nor was any valid reason given to the court for his absence. Following this, Justice Gupta directed the issuance of warrants. The matter pertains to a habeas corpus petition filed by Hardeep Singh for the release of his kin. Available information suggests warrant officer GS Kang, appointed by the high court, had visited Kharar and had found things amiss. The roznamcha had not been updated and the door of the police station was closed upon his arrival. Taking up the report by the warrant officer, Justice Pritam Pal had asked the officials to explain why contempt of court proceedings be not initiated against them. The officials were also asked to remain present in the court.
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Stop sending proxies, cops told
Chandigarh, August 18 Justice Harbans Lal has directed SSPs and SPs of all districts in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh to send the investigating officer for appearing before the court and not their proxy. The directions came during the hearing of a bail application of an accused in a case registered by the Panchkula police. Instead of IO ASI Rishi Pal, a proxy, ASI Sewa Ram appeared before the court.
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Two hurt in road mishap
Chandigarh, August 18 She along with her mother Shimla Devi got injured and were rushed to the PGI. A case in this regard has been registered.
Theft
RS Gulati of Sector 42 reported that someone had stolen two gas cylinders from his residence on August 11. A case has been registered.
Vehicle stolen
Vicky Parshad of Dhanas reported that someone had stolen his CT-100 motorcycle (CH 03 X 6135) from the parking lot outside Leisure Valley, Sector 10, yesterday. Meanwhile, Akshay Kaushal of Sector 23 reported that someone had stolen his Mohindra Bolero Jeep (HR 05 V 0589) from his residence on Sunday. Two cases of thefts have been registered.
Liquor seized
The police has arrested Girdhari Lal of Mandi district, driver of Sumo No. HP-63-3065, from the naka at Sector 20-21 light point on Himachal Pradesh last evening while carrying 62 cartons of Country Wine and ten cartons of the IMFL. A case has been
registered.
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12 metric
tonne edible oil seized Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 18 During the raid, conducted following a tip off, around 12 metric tonne edible oil was seized from the house of Satinder Jain. The stock of edible oil was being illegally stored without licence in contravention of the provisions of the Chandigarh Food Articles (Licensing and Control) Order, 1991 issued under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. The approximate worth of the hoarded commodity was to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh. A case under the Essential Commodities Act has been registered at the police station-39. At a meeting chaired by the Finance Secretary for monitoring prices of essential commodities yesterday, directions were issued for checking and taking strict action against illegal hoarding of essential commodities. Pursuant to that, the drive was conducted under the supervision of Prerna Puri, SDM (south)-cum-joint director food and supplies.
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Man held with two stolen cars, bike
Chandigarh, August 18 On the modus operandi, ASP (central) Madur Verma, who currently holds the additional charge of the crime branch, said the accused had parked an old stolen Maruti car in the PGI parking lot and driven away in a Tata Indigo car after handing over the keys to the Maruti car to the parking attendant. The parking lot operators often asked occupants of vehicles to leave behind keys to move vehicles to create space for other vehicles. Taking advantage of the rush, he fooled the parking operator and drove away in the Tata Indigo, said the police. The police arrested him today on a tip-off and recovered a stolen Maruti car that he had left in the parking lot and a motor cycle from him. The accused had changed the tyres of the Maruti car. The police has identified his accomplice and efforts are on to trace him. He will be produced in a local court tomorrow. The police said on August 9, Parkash Sharma of Khanna in Ludhiana had reported to the police that his Tata Indigo car (PB 26 E 0067) had been stolen from the parking lot of the PGI between August 5 and 8. A case was registered against Gurpreet Singh, the contractor of the parking lot.
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Digvijay, Karan fashion St Xavier’s win
Chandigarh, August 18 St Xavier's won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 89 runs in 16 overs. Digvijay and Karan Gaba were their main scorers with 20 and 19 runs, respectively. Harjit bowled well to claim six wickets for 18 runs. In reply, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, could muster only 56 runs in 13 overs. Hemant was the highest scorer with 14 runs. Rishab (4 for 20) and Jashanpreet (3 for 14) were the wreckers-in-chief of GMSSS-40 innings. Scores: St Xavier’s: All out in 16 overs with 89 runs (Digvijay 20, Karan Gaba 19, Shubham Nayyar 13, Rishabh Jobhi 12 and Harjit 6 for 18). GMSSS-40: All out in 13 overs with 56 runs (Hement 14, Abhinash 7, Rishabh 4 for 20, Jashanpreet 3 for 14 and Manav 2 for 8). |
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St Soldier’s clinch netball trophy
Chandigarh, August 18 DAV Model School, Sector 15, prevailed over Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by 6-5, while Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, outscored Government Model Senior Secondary School of Manimajra by 7-5. Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, proved superior to St Marry School, Sector 46, by registering a 6-3 verdict in the girls’ section. DAV Model School, Sector 15, eked out a narrow 5-4 triumph over Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, by 5-4. Chanchal Singh, Chandigarh District Education Officer, inaugurated the tournament. Results: Boys: Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Manimajra, by 7-5; Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, bt Government Model School (Club), Sector 20, by 8-4; St Marry School, Sector 46, bt SS Club, Sector 28, by 3-1; Government Model High School, Sector 28, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, by 5-2; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, bt Friends Club by 6-4; St Soldier’s International School, Sector 28, bt Government Model High School, Sector 26, by 5-3 and DAV Model School, Sector 15, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by 6-5. Girls: Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, bt St Marry School, Sector 46, by 6-3; Government Model High School, Sector 28, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, by 7-6; DAV Model School, Sector 15, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, by 5-4; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Manimajra, bt Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, by 6-4. |
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9 city golfers for TN Open
Chandigarh, August 18 Gupta, who has had five top-10s in the eight Professional Golf Tour of India outings, is yet to strike a victory. Top-ranked Gaganjeet Bhullar from Kapurthala, who has won four of the five PGTI tournaments so far, will miss the Chennai event. Gupta will be rubbing shoulders with the cream of Indian professional golf. The star-studded field will include the likes of Mukesh Kumar of Mhow, Ashok Kumar (Delhi) and Digvijay Singh. Mukesh, who headed the PGTI rankings till the start of the last tournament, was dethroned from the top slot by Gaganjeet Bhullar. Other Chandigarh golfers who are capable of striking it big in the tournament are Gurbaaz Mann, Ranjit Singh, Randhir Singh Ghotra and the upcoming Ajeetesh Sandhu. Also in the field are city golfers AS Lehal, Roop Singh, Dayal Singh and Rajiv Kumar. |
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GMSSS-35 begin campaign with win
Chandigarh, August 18 The tourney was organised by Rock Rovers Hockey Club. Karmdeep scored two goals. It was a tough time for Saloni, but she scored a goal in the 12th minute
of the game. Then ball came to Jasmeet and she scored a goal. Winners earned nine penalty corners but
could utilise only one. On the other hand, Government Model School, Mani Majra, could not get a single penalty corner. In the second match, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, thrashed Spartan Club teams by four goals without conceding a single one. For Spartans, Gurpreet scored two goals, while Shilpi and Anita scored one each. |
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KCA beat Shri Shri academy
Chandigarh, August 18 Shivam Mehta of KCA was announced man of the match. In the first innings, the SSCA were all out in 19 overs. Harshit scored a half century with eight fours and one six. Shivam Mehta of KCA got four wickets in five overs and gave 25 runs, while Nipun Pandita also got four wickets in his two overs and gave 20 runs. In the second innings, the KCA achieved the target of 116 in 19.4 overs by seven wickets. Chiranjeev scored 40 runs with three sixes and Gaurang made 40 not out for the KCA. In another match, Shemrock Cricket Academy bt KCA by 6 wickets.
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Ryan, DPS steer into semis
Panchkula, August 18 Ryan International School, Sector 49, Chandigarh defeated St Xaviers’ High School, Panchkula, by 2-0. Piyush Dhingra scored two goals. In the third match of the day, Kendriya Vidyalaya of Baddi eked out a narrow 1-0 win over Delhi Public School’s B team. St Xavier’s of Panchkula defeated Holy Child School of Panchkula by 1-0. Finally, Ryan International and Delhi Public School, Pinjore, reached the semifinal. |
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